We want to see indigenous communities contribute to the social and economic fabric of African society on
an equal footing with everyone else.

There are a lot of great development projects out there, especially in Africa.
Indigenous people often face extra barriers to participation in these projects, so they miss out on a lot
of their benefits.
They may not have the foundational skills necessary to participate in projects targeted at the broader
community.

This is where Testigo come in.
We tailor our projects to meet the specific needs of a given indigenous community.
We believe that local problems need locally conceived solutions.
We don’t just apply a recipe we came up with ourselves – we believe development should happen from the
ground up.
We place a premium on what the community tells us is important.
We invest a lot in finding out about the critical challenges they face, and then come up with a solution
in partnership with the community.

What we have achieved so far:

12,500 Masai have access to clean drinking water

37 subvillages in Masai land in Tanzania have been trained in permaculture techniques

700 Masai women and men have learnt how to grow their own food for the first time and are eating
and selling their home grown produce

584 school students from four primary and secondary schools have been trained and are now growing,
harvesting and eating the produce from their Testigo school gardens

6 villages now have household dams for rainwater collection

100 Masai women and men are now engaged in rural chicken breeding

100 Masai women and men have learned Swahili and English through our adult school

10 Masai women are making and selling beaded jewellery for export to the US